Walkie Talkies: Greenspaces, Camping and Everything Parks
Outside Voices Podcast
Welcome to Walkie Talkies, a NEW Outside Voices bi-monthly roundtable conversation with co-hosts Sarah Shimazaki, Aly Ferguson, and Neecole Bostick! In addition to our regular content, you'll be hearing more from our co-hosts as we chat about our own experiences in the outdoors, outdoor equity, and reflect on the growth of the Outside Voices community. This episode is all about Parks! Listen in as we talk about how parks can shape our relationships to the outdoors, the Coastal Act, and share some of our favorite memories. (Guess who brought hot wings to a dog park!) Grab your headphones and...
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Outside Voices presents: The Trail Ahead Podcast and "Diversity and Representation in Running from Track to Trail with Adam Merry"
Outside Voices Podcast
This week we feature an episode of a podcast we love: The Trail Ahead Podcast, hosted by Faith E. Briggs and Addie Thompson. They bring on outdoor industry leaders from all backgrounds to have interracial dialogue aimed at having tough conversations at the intersection of race, environment, history, culture, and the outdoors. Their ultimate goal? To diversity the outdoor industry and welcome everyone into outdoors spaces.. This episode features Adam Merry, a track and trail runner who has raced up to 100K! Despite his accomplishments, he’s faced challenges in diversity and...
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Walkie Talkies: Who are we? Meet your co-hosts!
Outside Voices Podcast
Welcome to Walkie Talkies, a NEW Outside Voices bi-monthly roundtable conversation with co-hosts Sarah Shimazaki, Aly Ferguson, and Neecole Bostick! In addition to our regular content, you'll be hearing more from our co-hosts as we chat about our own experiences in the outdoors, outdoor equity, and reflect on the growth of the Outside Voices community. Grab your headphones and join us around the campfire for a Walkie Talkie! Co-hosted by Sarah Shimazaki, Aly Ferguson, and Neecole Bostick Sound edited by A production of Follow us on Instagram: Learn more about
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UNTANGLING: Protecting water and Indigenous sovereignty with Autumn Harry
Outside Voices Podcast
As the daughter of Indigenous water rights advocates, Autumn Harry () was able to establish a connection to water and fishing at a very young age. Since then, she’s used her skills and knowledge to educate others on the history of Kooyooe Pa’a, or Pyramid Lake, as the first Numu Woman Flyfishing Guide in the U.S (). She’s also led advocacy work and mutual aid efforts for food and land sovereignty to help her community, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, thrive. Untangling is a three-part Outside Voices mini-series exploring our cultural connections to fishing, created in partnership with our...
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UNTANGLING: Familial fishing lines with Brianne Lauro
Outside Voices Podcast
A descendant of Filipino plantation workers who immigrated to Hawai’i in the early 1900s, Brianne Lauro () is the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of local fishers and hunters. In this second episode of “Untangling,” Brianne opens up for the first time about imposter syndrome and credits all she’s learned as a fisher to her Uncle Lance. While Brianne herself is relatively new to fishing, she’s learned that it’s become a way to connect with her family history, build and take care of her community, and share culture and knowledge across generations. Untangling is a...
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UNTANGLING: Gwine Fishin with Queen Quet and the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Outside Voices Podcast
For the Gullah/Geechee people, fishing is culture. Everything comes back to "making a circle", shares Queen Quet, chieftess and head-of-state of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, from throwing a circular cast net out into the ocean, to bringing balance and harmony back to the natural environment, and passing down cultural traditions to the next generation. Tune in for a conversation between Host and Producer Sarah Shimazaki and Queen Quet! The Gullah/Geechee Nation encompasses over 100 sea islands along the Atlantic coast and about 30 miles inland. The Gullah/Geechee are descendants of enslaved...
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A journey back to traditional ecological knowledge with Cristina Eisenberg
Outside Voices Podcast
Full episode transcript available in our attempt to make this an accessible experience for all. In this episode hosted and co-produced by Neecole Bostick, we spoke with Cristina Eisenberg — the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and the Director of College Tribal Initiatives at the Oregon State University School of Forestry. As a professor of ecology and traditional ecological knowledge, Cristina brings a TEK lens to western science to enhance conservation efforts and create more sustainable ecosystems. Cristina tells her serendipitous journey to this way of knowing and understanding...
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Returning to the riverside and fighting for clean water with Xavier Boatright
Outside Voices Podcast
In this episode hosted and co-produced by Aly Ferguson, we spoke with Xavier Boatright — an environmental justice organizer and researcher who currently holds the position of Strategic Partnerships Director at , where he works to strengthen the conservation and environmental movement in his home state of South Carolina. Xavier shares his experience growing up on a farm, getting drafted into and playing for the NFL, spending time organizing for disability justice after a football career-ending injury, and going up against Duke Energy with his community in an environmental justice success...
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A home for Asian women with Camp Cosmos
Outside Voices Podcast
Coming off a traumatic year of increased anti-Asian hate and a seemingly never-ending pandemic, The Cosmos' co-founders Cassandra and Karen decided to create "Camp Cosmos." The intention was to facilitate safe spaces where Asian women could experience joy, community, and healing in nature. Over the course of a month, Camp Cosmos participants went hiking, kayaking, and finally, camping. This episode highlights excerpts from their camping trip to Camp Rockaway at Fort Tilden, or Munsee Lenape lands. This episode is made in partnership with and supported in part by . Featured in this...
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Women Making Waves with Take Me Fishing
Outside Voices Podcast
Host and Producer Sarah Shimazaki travels with to tropical Orlando, Florida for her very first time fishing on an all-women’s fishing and glamping trip. Amidst the camaraderie, laughter, and support, she learns the easy way that fishing is about so much more than catching a fish— it’s about the connections you make with others, with your food, and with the land. Listen in on her adventures seeking out gators (even though she’s terrified of them), making BIG catches (we promise, it’s a big one…), getting hooked on fishing (pun intended), and chatting with three long-time anglers:...
info_outlineOutside Voices Podcast is driven by one simple idea: that the outdoors belongs to all of us. We all have a relationship to nature, whether through hiking, gardening, surfing, sacred ceremony or picnicking at the local park. We aim to celebrate and amplify those who don’t always see themselves reflected in the “Great Outdoors” narrative. It's time we use our outside voices to redefine the outdoor narrative through personal storytelling.